Re: [gentoo-dev] About writing ebuild files

[Vitaly Kushneriuk]

> > How should the delivered /etc/services looks like, if I have to create some
> > new entries in it? Should it only contain the new entries or perhaps some
> > standard entries plus the new ones?
> I think you should include complete file and install it in the proper place.
> As long as it is installed in CONFIG_PROTECTed dir it does not overwrite
> installed version but rather gets a specially mangled name.
I don't think packages other then baselayout should mess with
/etc/services. In general, two packages can "own" same file, if they
provide similar functionality, i.e. they are virtual [I know it's not
always true right now, but this should be].
In this case, IMO, the proper way to do it is to add the new entry to
the /etc/services from baselayout [this new entry should be there
anyway, no matter if cyrus is installed], and add DEPEND to the new
baselayout version in the cyrus-imapd.ebuild.

        Vitaly/